Friday, March 1, 2013

Schizandra from seed part 2

The seeds have soaked for 5 days,  so now on to the next step: Cold stratifying.

After a couple of days most of the floating seeds began to sink.  All but one did this.

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The seeds were rinsed at least once a day for 5 days.

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The instructions on the back of the seed packet suggested using moist cotton,  so that is what i used:

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I spaced them just so none are touching and covered them with a piece of damp paper towel.
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Cover on and labeled, ready for a few weeks in the fridge.

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